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Tales of 1927: A Selection of Folktales, Fables, and Legends from Books Published in 1927

by: Various

Publication date: 2024-06-20

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Topics: librivox, audiobooks, fairy tales, folktales, myths, Legends

Language: English

Item Size: 418.9M

LibriVox recording of Tales of 1927: A Selection of Folktales, Fables, and Legends from Books Published in 1927 by Various.
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This anthology of folktales, fables, and legends has been selected from twenty different books published (or re-published) in 1927, covering a range of European stories (ancient and modern) along with stories from the Americas, Africa, South Asia, and East Asia. Many, but not all, of the stories are for young readers. - Summary by Laura Gibbs

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Addeddate: 2024-06-20 22:18:08

Call number: 20454

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20 - a folktale from Japan: "The Weaver of the Frost" retold by Ken Nakazawa

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02 - from the ancient Roman Aeneid: "The Wanderings of Aeneas" retold by H. L. Havell

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03 - an Aesop's fable: "The Frogs Ask for a King" in Krylov's Fables, retold by Bernard Pares

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04 - a Medieval European legend: "Herod and the Bubbles" retold by F.J.H. Darton

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05 - a legend from northern Italy: "King Laurin's Rose Garden" retold by Karl Felix Wolff

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06 - a legend from Ireland: "Princess Fior Usga" retold by Thomas Crofton Croker

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07 - a Paul Bunyan story from the USA: "The Growing Boy" retold by James Cloyd Bowman

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12 - a Lamba story from central Africa: "Mr. Warthog and Mr. Lion" collected by Clement Doke

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13 - a Hausa story from western Africa: "Cayman, Man, and Jackal" retold by Blaise Cendrars

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20 - a folktale from Japan: "The Weaver of the Frost" retold by Ken Nakazawa

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